Mine was a wooden spoon, handle cut short with a hole and lanyard, and one side of the spoon bowl was sanded thiner like a sort of knife edge for chunkier food, great for breaking the lumps out - just took me a long time to make.

I pinched about 5 of the red spoons from the cook house at Pirbright (I think that they've got the same one's at Keogh.)
Nice big spoon bit and long handle, so u can get right into the bottom corners without getting food on ur hands or having to re-tear the bag. And being bright red you can't really loose it.